Title:
Elm Grove Cemetery offers history lesson on Mystic
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Elm Grove Cemetery
Charles H. Mallory memorial cemetery arch
Charles H. Mallory memorial cemetery arch
Object ID:
Kim10-013
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT.
Pubication Date:
12/13/2004
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Local names at Elm Grove include, among others, the Fishes, Noyeses, Morgans, Siswicks and the inimitable J. B. Stinson who wrote local Mystic news for The Day. Mystic's Elm Grove Cemetery predates the Civil War by decades for it was in 1853 that the cemetery on the banks of the Mystic River came into being. Hezekiah Williams was paid $3,800 for the land. N.B. Schubarth, a New York landscape architect, designed the cemetery. He planned a shape like that of an elm tree with various roads branching from the trunk. The entrance gates were added in 1893, a memorial to Charles Henry Mallory given by his family. Henry Schroeder was groundskeeper for more than 50 years before his death in 1923. A gifted horticulturalist, rare and ancient trees still flourish there as a result of his influence.
People:
McKenna, Jim
Mallorys
Fishes
Noyeses
Morgans
Siswicks
Stinson, Jim B.
Brown, Elias
Cottrells
Grinnell, Amos
Mallory, Charles H.
Greenman, George
Comrie, Marilyn J.
Williams, Hezekiah
Schubarth, N. B.
Mallory, Charles Henry
Schroeder, Henry
Davis, James
Mallorys
Fishes
Noyeses
Morgans
Siswicks
Stinson, Jim B.
Brown, Elias
Cottrells
Grinnell, Amos
Mallory, Charles H.
Greenman, George
Comrie, Marilyn J.
Williams, Hezekiah
Schubarth, N. B.
Mallory, Charles Henry
Schroeder, Henry
Davis, James
Search Terms:
Mystic's Elm Grove Cemetery
gravestones and trees
pre-Civil War
gifted horticulturalist
gravestones and trees
pre-Civil War
gifted horticulturalist